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Population policy & women's rights : transforming reproductive choice / Ruth Dixon-Mueller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dixon-Mueller, Ruth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population policy.
- Birth control.
- Women's rights.
- Feminism.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 287 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Population policy and women's rights.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.
- Summary:
- This work presents a forceful argument for a more responsive approach to fertility limitation in developing countries--one that builds on women's concerns about their survival and security and strengthens women's rights. Dixon-Mueller reviews the history of the debate between feminists and the birth control movement, examines the forces affecting U.S. population policy on the domestic and international fronts, and documents the relationship between women's reproductive rights and their rights in other areas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275945049
- 0275946118
- OCLC:
- 26353615
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